Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-09
TURKISH BATHS AND BEAUI


 Tho Art of Dancing All Night and
 Going Home Fresh in the Morning.
 From the Cincinnatti Enqurer.l
 Ladies in New York are getting more and more into the way of resorting to the Turk. ish bath as means of restoring color to the cheeks and brightness to the eyes after g night of dissipation. know girl whose complexion is of the dearest, but who has left the ballroom many time as early as o'clock, so fearful is she of injuring her greatest charm. She heard of the Turkish
 bath, and therefore risked dancing until 5 and after the other morning. From the ball room she went directly to the bathing establishment, feeling as if the entire world saw her infamed eyes and sunken cheeks
 From the office she was conducted to box of room about as large section in a sleeping car. And when my friend had removed her garments, which she accom- plished with some hesitation at the last Git did seem so unnatural to have no long in- elusive gown to throw over the rapidly appearing body), she decided that, she was in for it anyway, she would not bother ! with the poor protection of towel but would face the bath with bold simplicity. The attendant returned shortly and seemed so utterly devoid of consciousness so far as seeing was concerned that the new customer regained somewhat her composure. She was | led into an iron-walled room, where the air was so hot that the precipitation started at l once from every pore. She was told to sit down-there were several chairs for the pur- pose-and to wait until called for. The heat was surprisingly great, but after 8 moment it produced that languid feeling that is per fectly delicious to 8 tired body. The attend ant reentered shortly, and bound wet towel oh ont fha hnoan fO steam almost immediately. Five minutes of this and it became uncomfortable, ten a tor ture, fifteen frightful, and the last five of the twenty minutes were simply immeasura-
 ble suffering. Then stong, motherly-iook- ing woman came in. She had on 8 loose gown that had no sleeves and fell only to the knees.
 "How long must stay here?" exclaimed the suffering customer.
 The attendant ran her hand along the dear girls back and limbs and said:
 "You seem to have sweated pretty well; I guess you can come along now"
 They went into a room adjoining. It was nearly as hot as the first. There was takle in it on which the parboiled girl was quested to lie down. Then the stalwart at tendant went at her in a hammer -and-tongs style. She rubbed and scrubbed and lathed her for several minutes, and scraped her with brush, and kneaded her flesh until it seemed as if her very bones must have felt the cleansing effect of the operation. The attendant was puffing and blowing from the exertion when she told the customer to sit up, and went to a hose that lay innocently coiled up at one end of the room. Without more than 'Sit still now, please,' she began to play cooling stream of water on the lathered and glowing girl. The word cooling is used advisedly, for as it played it rapidly grew chilly, and presently the dear girl was spluttering a helpless plea for 8 change. The contrast with the intense heat she hs1 endured was tremendous. The attendant dropped the hose when she thought best, but before the poor innocent customer could rejoice at the relief she was being pounded with the icy cold blows of a shower bath. It wss agony itself, and it seemed ss if every inch of her glistening cuticle were being overlaid with pricking icicles But this, too, had it's end, and the novice was all but crying with weariness and torture when the attendant led her into another room and began to dry her. When the water had been fairly removed from her body, she was wrapped in blanket and taken to her room.
 "How long will you sleep?" asked the at tendant.
 "Why, I don't want to sleep at all," replied the customer. fEI want to go home.' But she was told she would have to lie there while any way, and that she would surely fall asleep, she would better say when she wanted to get up. She named her hour and was tucked up in her bunk. She was still perspiring and in two minutes was sound asleep. She was awakened promptly, and her eyes feeling heavy and her body weary, was told to get into tank of water sunk in the floor of still another room, into which she had been led. The water was chilly and she was glad to get out of it has tily It was the last torture. She was rubbed with alcohol to prevent her from taking cold and then permitted to dress. When the dear girl got home it was just her time for breakfast. She slipped into the house unobserved and promptly appeared in the dining room, feeling as bright and vigor- ous as if she had had full nights sleep, and betraying not the slightest sign of her dissipation.